Busari Kamaru, a businessman based in Plateau, whose wife, Kehinde Kamaru, allegedly had her kidney stolen by a fake doctor during a surgical procedure in Jos, has recounted how he declined a N20 million bribe intended to bury the case.
Mr. Kamaru disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH, shedding light on the suspect’s attempt to influence the situation through a police officer in the Nasarawa State Command.
“I went to the DPO of the Nasarawa Gwom community to complain. His name is Timothy. The DPO called me the following morning that he wanted to see me personally. On getting there, the man told me that since yesterday till this morning, some people have been calling him for negotiation. But he did not know what to tell them because they were offering him a certain amount of money,” Mr. Kamaru explained.
“They said if they want to pay the money for the kidney, it will be N20 million. I said, ‘Look officer, I am not the type of person anyone can buy with money. Let this man come out and own up to me that he removed my wife’s kidney. What do you want me to do?’
“But the man (‘Doctor’ Noah Kekere started begging me, saying that the deed had been done and that I should just temper Justice with Mercy. He asked what I wanted him to do for me. I told him that I don’t need anything from him except to return my wife’s kidney from wherever he took it to.”
The Plateau police command spokesperson, Alfred Alabo, confirmed the arrest of the fake surgeon and two others, revealing that investigations revealed the suspect was not a qualified doctor.
He said, “He was arrested by our very dutiful DPO in Nasarawa, Gobi Division, SP Timothy. And also, we have also gotten two additional suspects. So far, a lot of things have been discovered. We have also discovered that the proprietor of the hospital is not a medical doctor and we believe he has been parading himself.”
Kekere had initially diagnosed Kehinde’s stomach pain as appendicitis, prompting the need for an appendectomy, during which he allegedly removed one of her kidneys.
| Sahara Reporters
